Move facilitates transfer of key department from military to civilian gov’t control
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Interethnic conflict in Natmu, northern Shan State has sent hundreds of villagers fleeing for safety just weeks after the Myanmar military’s ceasefire announcement.
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The Ministry of Planning and Finance will grant licenses for up to three fully foreign-owned life insurers and allow a number of local-foreign partnerships.
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103 people killed in accidents on Yangon-Mandalay Highway last year; decline from 2017 attributed to enforcement of speed limits, seatbelt laws
The uproar surrounding the issue has put the topic of religion, which can be highly contentious in India, squarely on the political agenda months before May’s general.
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As space becomes more scarce in the city state with a population expected to rise to 6.9 million by 2030, Singapore continues to clear dozens of cemeteries for development.
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Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen has rejected Xi’s calls for reunification and urged China to embrace democracy.
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Myanmar: Alongside the pandemic’s effects on the economy and the politics, the NLD government faces greater hurdles in 2021
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